SQJ Taipei

What Christ thinks of the church is a question of great concern to all Christians. What we ourselves think of it from the inside and what others think of it from the outside are also important. But far more significant is the view of Jesus Christ himself, since he is the church’s founder, head, and judge.

From every standpoint the church is an extraordinary phenomenon. From its tiny beginnings in Palestine it has developed over the centuries into a unique multi-racial, multi-national, multi-cultural community. Other religions are rightly called “ethnic”, because they are largely limited to particular peoples; only Christianity can truly be called universal, for Jesus Christ has won adherents from every race, rank, and religion. Moreover, the Christian community continues to grow, in many places rapidly, even if sometimes the growth lacks depth.

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John Stott - from What Christ Thinks of the Church

Yeah… It is profound truth stated with such clarity that is part of the reason why if I ever had the chance to meet John R. W. Stott… I’d stumble all over myself and be lucky to stammer out anything coherent like, “You write good”. DOH!

And to think that I used to skip over the preface and introduction of all the books I read… Here’s another book where the introduction paid off in a big way.

This Quote of the POSK comes from the preface of Stott’s “Exposition of Revelation 1-3″. I’m not through it yet… not far in actually… so I can’t really comment on the book. I just wanted to share that quote.